Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine [1].
Ecology:
A. pusillum was collected in the low intertidal on algal
turf
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 12 Marine Intertidal
- 12.1 Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Wettstein, 1922
- Red Algae
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
()
- T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Order:
Ceramiales
()
- Family:
Rhodomelaceae
()
- Genus:
Alsidium
()
- Specific epithet:
pusillum
- E.Y.Dawson
- Botanical name: - Alsidium pusillum E.Y.Dawson
- Specific epithet:
pusillum
- E.Y.Dawson
- Genus:
Alsidium
(
- Family:
Rhodomelaceae
(
- Order:
Ceramiales
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Alsidium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. helminthochorton (Corsican Moss)
More Info
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- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Dawson, E.Y. 1963. New records of marine algae from the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4: 3-23.
- IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
- Vannajan, S. and Trono, G.C. 1978. The marine benthic algae of Manila Bay. II. Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta. Phillippines Journal of Biology 7(1): 7-30.
Notes
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Contributors
- AlgaeBase. Release date: December 14, 2004
- Behnke Nurseries, Potomac MD USA
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. Alsidium pusillum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3911628
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-18833
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13276505
- IUCN ID: 190093
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 183279
Footnotes
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. Alsidium pusillum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
